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L.A. Noire Becomes Fastest Selling New IP In The UK

It appears Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive have another winner on their hands.

L.A. Noire has rocketed to number one on the UK sales charts, and it has the distinction of being that region's fastest-selling new intellectual property to date. Overall sales were almost the same as last year's Red Dead Redemption but technically, RDR is not a new IP, even if it was far more popular than its predecessor, Red Dead Revolver. L.A. Noire knocked last week's #1 - Brink - off the top spot; Splash Damage's shooter suffered a 48% decrease in sales. LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean remains popular in the #2 slot and The Witcher 2 debuted this week in the top five. Oh, and the ever-present Call of Duty: Black Ops still managed to crack the top ten...because it's Black Ops.

We're happy to see L.A. Noire hitting the charts hard, and we look forward to seeing how American gamers responded to Team Bondi's gem.

Legacy Comment System (13 posts)

I wonder how many people bought it, opened it, realized it wasn't anything like GTAIV or RDR, and returned it...just saying. I personally love this game and it deserves these sells. I have a friend who plays nothing, but GTA, AC, NBA 2K, and CoD...yet he is enjoying this immensely. I told him, if you enjoy a game like LA Noire...you should try true gems like Bioshock, ME2, etc...but I guess those games don't have the same charm. Let him try MGS4...dude never passed act 1...lol. Guess Rockstar can make a "casual mature" game...thats the way I see it and I like it.

Black Ops STILL in the top 10 *sales* chart? That's... Insane! One should have guessed that absolutely everybody who had an interest in the game would have it by now... And it's not even in the bargain bin yet. That is *crazy*.

Its' awesome to know that a game like La Noire is getting the recognition in deserves. Unfortunately, I'm low on cash at the moment and won't be able to support the cause... :( Hopefully I can pick it up eventually.